OnePlus could place front camera in top bezel, suggests new patent

Most smartphone manufacturers have already minimised the age-old bezel design or gotten rid of it. Within the pursuit of a very intrusion-free, immersive show, the entrance digital camera is all that is still for many manufacturers. Now, a brand new patent by OnePlus that not too long ago surfaced on the net has hinted at the place the model plans to plant the entrance digital camera subsequent.

OnePlus shouldn't be new to transferring across the placement of the entrance digital camera. The model was amongst the primary to implement the pop-up digital camera design on its OnePlus 7 Professional again in 2019, offering one of many earliest all-screen experiences on smartphones.

Nonetheless, the setup was dropped with the OnePlus 8 sequence, when the selfie digital camera got here again on the display within the type of a punch-hole cutout. Whereas it's fairly in style and minimal, the punch-hole setup nonetheless stops customers from getting a one hundred pc immersive expertise with the show.

OnePlus might transfer the entrance digital camera on the bezel

The brand new patent, first noticed by LetsGoDigital now means that OnePlus might transfer the entrance digital camera to the highest bezel of its telephones, permitting the display to be uninterrupted. The 23-page patent filed by OnePlus on the World Mental Property Workplace (WIPO) hints at an OLED show with a entrance digital camera on the highest bezel, lined with a “transparent cover plate”.

The patent additionally goes on to explain that the setup has a “high screen-to-body ratio, low production cost, high yield, and high product reliability.”

Photos from the brand new OnePlus under-bezel digital camera patent. (Picture Supply: WIPO)

Beneath Bezel Vs Beneath Show

The below bezel digital camera of the patented design might instantly compete with the under-display digital camera expertise that a couple of manufacturers are engaged on. As seen on the ZTE Axon 20 5G, the tech permits a small portion of the display to go clear, permitting the entrance digital camera beneath to function.

Nonetheless, varied media studies have prompt that the tech impacts the standard of the show space the place the digital camera resides, no less than on the ZTE Axon 20 5G. The Beneath-Bezel expertise may very well be a terrific different, permitting the display to be untampered.

Nonetheless loads of patents by no means make it to last merchandise, so OnePlus could not provide you with a cellphone utilizing the under-bezel digital camera anytime quickly. It's also extremely unlikely that we’ll see this within the OnePlus 9 sequence, the leaks for which have all pointed at a punch-hole entrance digital camera. Nonetheless, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see such a design come to life in a future OnePlus product.